Cooking utensil.



J. H. WILSON.

COOKING UTENSIL.

APPLICATION 211.21) snr'r. 24, 1912.

1,072,892. Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

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At torneys JOHN 3. WILSON; '03 m KENSDTGTQH, OBOE-HG UTENSHI.

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\Be .it known that I, J 01in 'WILSON, a citiaen'of =.the United States, residing at New :Kensington, in :the Y county of Westmoreland .-and statexofiBennsyl-vania, have invented oer; ctain new and useful Improvements |in='Gookling-Utensils, :of which :the following is a provide .a skillet or cErying zpan formed of \tWO receptacles :hingedly connected and -.equipped with means whereby the meeting edges 'of zthe flanges -'of :the :two receptacles,

may be maintained flush regardless of -the pressure :exerted on :the handles.

With the :fonegoing and'other-objects :in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides inatheacombination and arrangementpf parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes .in the ,precise embodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings; Figurel is a perspective view showing the skillets closed. Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the same open. Fig. 3 is an end elevation partly in section.

Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1 showing the arrangement of the member which maintains the handles in spaced parallel relation.

In the drawings, 10 designates one of the sections of the frying'pan, said section being substantially semi-circular in plan, and being formed with the wall 11 which terminates in a flange 12, the flange on the curved wall of the receptacle, being more extensive than the flange on the straight wall. The members 14 and 15 which constitute the hinge are secured to the curved wall of the receptacle, adjacent the straight edge, the same being bent outwardly at 16, the oflset portions 17 being perforated to receive the pin 18, the receptacles being hingedly connected at both of their ends. The more extensive flanges 12 are cut away at 19 to ac;

commodate the apertured extension 17 of.

the hinge members when the device is opened as shown in Fig. 2, this construction allowing said members to open until their straight walls 24 are substantially parallel. Each of the sections of the receptacle is pro -vided with a handle .25, :these handles being 'broughtfiogether as shown in Fig. 1 -to close the slnllet. 21in skillets -of this character it has been found that when the handles 7836 brought {together :and :pressure exerted .on their outer ends :that :the same -will have a tendency to-springtheflanges d2-.-apart making an openmg and :allowing' the contents to spill. In order to avoid exertion of pros- -sure:on the=flanges andiin order to maintai the sections of the receptacle in such 'posi- :t1on with respect to one another, that itheir flanges rest-evenly one upon the other, one of the handle members 25 is provided \with a stop 26. iIhis stop consists of a :plate 27 which is :riveted or otherwise secured to the handle member, said plate [being formed with the tapered ofi'set portion 28 which is -.of such .a lengthwhat when the lhandle members are brought together the same will .contact with the handles itospaee the same to maintain 'the flanges d2 in :proper zalinement with each other.

The .many advantages of a .constructiomof .this character will be clearly apparent as it .will be noted that the same provides means for eflectually holding the members in proper spaced relation, preventing the hinges from becoming distorted, through excessive pressure on the handles and assuring a perfectly closed receptacle.

It is to be noted that the hinges 14-15 are located upon the outer faces of the sections of the pan and. are independent of the straight walls 24. Consequently, when one section 10 is inverted upon the other section, the hinges I l-15 do not catch the contents of the pan. Further, owing to the location of the hinges 1415 there are no openings through the walls of the sections 10, through which the contents of the pan may drip when one section is inverted upon the other. Attention is directed to the fact that the flanges 12 are cut away as at 19 to accommodate the hinge members 1415. As a consequence, the hinge members 1415 are permitted to lie close to the outer surface of the pan, and may be made comparatively short. Because the hinge members 147-15 may be made short, they are not likely to spring when one section 10 is inverted on the other section and because the hinges are notflikely to spring, a separation of the flanges 10, when the handles 25 are grasped simultaneously, is not likely to occur, reference being had particularly to Fig. 1. The hinge which 'is located immediately between the handles 25 may be denominated the inner hinge, the other hinge being designated as the outer hinge. It 15 mechanically impossible to construct the hinges so that there will be no lost motion, and a lost motion invariably occurs after a protracted period of use. Owing. to this lost motion, the handles 25 and the sections 10, when the parts are positionedas shown in Fig. 1, tend to act as levers of the first order, the inner hinge constituting a fulcrum. As a consequence, when the handles 25 are grasped simultaneously, there is a tendency for the flanges 12 to separate slightly ad'acent their outer ends and the flanges 12 0 not, therefore effect a perfect closure along the curved edges of the sections of the pan. It is to remedy this difliculty that the stop 26 is provided, it bein obvious that when the handles 25 are presse together, the stop 26 prevents the handles and the constituent sections of the pan from acting as levers of the first order, as hereinbefore described. When the handles 25 are grasped simultaneously the throughout their entire extent will be pressed firmly together, owing to the presence of the stop 26. e

What is claimed is:

A skillet comprising a pair of receptacles flanges 12 each having a straight edge and having a I the hinges, thereby permitting the hinges tov be located close to the receptacle,-thus efiecting a shortening of the hinges and lessening the tendency of the-hinges to spring and eflect a spacing-of the flanges; handles secured to the receptacles 'adjacentthe "inner hinge and offset from the said hinge; one

handle being provided adjacent its free end with a stopadapted to engage the other handle, the stop constituting means for pre-l venting the handles and the receptacles from acting aslevers of the first order, withthe inner hinge as a fulcrum and thus spacing portions of the flanges, when the receptacles are superposed and when the handles are grasped simultaneously. v I

In testimonywhereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

HARRY C. WALLEY, REBECCA A. WALLEY.

'JOHN H. WILSON. 

